Tag Archives: Facebook

How to annoy friends and alienate people

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Bob Sutor

Ok, so I got a little bit carried away with my Twittering last week when I was in California. Actually, I don’t think it was the Twittering, it was the feeding the tweets into Facebook as status updates. The latter … Continue reading →

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Twitter redux

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Bob Sutor

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I’m back on Twitter, though in ways different from my first foray. My account over there is now bob_sutor, or, as I’ll explain in a moment, one of my two accounts has that … Continue reading →

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FaceBook Group: Parents of UChicago Class of 2012

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Bob Sutor

I’ve started a group over at FaceBook for parents of students entering the University of Chicago this Fall. Feel free to join if you fall into that category! FaceBook Group: Parents of UChicago Class of 2012

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Open Blog Rerun: “Social networking and privacy”

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Bob Sutor

Since I’m traveling this week and not likely to post much, I’ve scheduled some entries like this to point to some of my personal favorite blog writings. Here’s today’s blog blast from the past. Title: “Social networking and privacy” Date: … Continue reading →

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To Italy

Posted on May 4, 2008 by Bob Sutor

I’m in O’Hare Airport in Chicago now and I board my flight to London in a couple of hours. From there is on to Milan where I’m speaking on Wednesday. This morning when I went to the Rochester, NY, airport … Continue reading →

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links for 2008-03-12

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Bob Sutor

Yahoo warming up to OpenSocial; Facebook staying cool | Outside the Lines – CNET News.com “According to the New York Times, Yahoo is expected to join the group that includes MySpace, Plaxo, Bebo, Hi5, Orkut, LinkedIn, Six Apart, Oracle, salesforce.com … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-12-17

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Bob Sutor

On Facebook, Scholars Link Up With Data – New York Times Whether for academic use or otherwise, if the information is out there, expect people to use it. (tags: facebook) Upheaval at Linden Lab: Cory Ondrejka out | Geek Gestalt … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-11-14

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Symphony and ODF IBM’s Lotus Symphony Continues ODF Push “In addition, IBM has loosened its normal product-licensing restrictions and will allow third parties to offer downloads or physical media without requiring special agreements with IBM. Based on the success of … Continue reading →

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Social networking and privacy

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Bob Sutor

This is a big issue and though I don’t have any deep new observations about this, I want to share some thoughts from using Facebook for a few weeks. This isn’t necessarily Facebook-specific, but that’s a recent example for me. … Continue reading →

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Second Face Life Book?

Posted on November 5, 2007 by Bob Sutor

I’ve been asked several times whether social networks like MySpace or Facebook will merge with virtual environments like There, ActiveWorlds, or Second Life. My usual response has been along the lines of “Social networks use a variety of technologies and … Continue reading →

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Facebook: How open should they be?

Posted on November 5, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Normally I would just post this in my del.icio.us links, but Dan Farber of ZDNet has a very good blog entry about the dilemma that Facebook faces in light of the Google-led OpenSocial effort announced last week: “Facebook’s dilemma: To … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-11-02

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Bob Sutor

OpenSocial OpenSocial opens new can of worms | CNET News.com “When Google announced that its new social-networking initiative would extend to any site that wanted to participate, the land grab for the social Web’s attention just got a whole lot … Continue reading →

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Facebook

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Bob Sutor

I mentioned Facebook in my last post and I’ve indeed started to use it. Feel free to send me a friend request if we’ve engaged in some way throughout the intersections of our lives.

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Question: Social networks and vertical industry standards

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Here’s a question that I’m posing for discussion. Given the increasing capabilities of social networks like Facebook to network both people and their information, how should this affect the future development of standards within and between vertical industries? That is, … Continue reading →

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